Glue

Object Use: Administrative | Other

Cultural Region: Central Tibet (Ütsang)

Date Range: 20th

Source:
C. V. Starr East Asian Library

Notes:
(Tib. kha spyin.) This is a stick of glue, which must first be wetted. The Tibetan name suggests this was done by licking it (kha = mouth), and this is confirmed by the dictionary entry in the Bod Rgya tshig mdzod chen mo, v.1, 2004, p. 200.